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14 Cards in this Set
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Migration
Mi - gra - tion |
The movement of persons from one country or locally to another. |
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Immigration
Im - mi- gra - tion |
The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
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Emigration
EM - I- GRA - TION |
Migration from a place ( Move from native country in order to settle or live in another). |
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PUSH Factor
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involves a FORCE that drives people away |
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PULL Factor |
A positive force exerted by those locally which people move. |
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Population Distribution
pop-u-la-tion dis-tri-bu-tion |
The pattern of the spread of a population across an area. |
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Birth Rate |
often expressed as the number of LIVE births per 1000 of the population per year...also called natality. |
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Death Rate |
The number of deaths occurring in a population during a given period of time. |
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Demography
De-mo-gra-phy |
THE STUDY OF POPULATION. |
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Infant mortality rate
In-fant mor-ta-lity rate |
Number of infant deaths per 1000 live births (1 year of age or younger) |
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life expectancy
life ex-pec-tan-cy |
The number of years that one is EXPECTED to live as determined by statistica. |
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Population Density
pop-u-la-tion den-si-ty |
The average number of people living in an area (expressed as persons per square mile or square kilometer) |
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Natural Increase |
difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths in a year, divided by the mid-year population of that year multiplied by 1,000.
Equal to the DIFFERENCE between crude birth rate and crude death rate. |
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Globalization |
Process of interaction and integration among the people, companies and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology |
